Pixilation
"a technique used in film whereby the movements of real people are made to appear like artificial animations."
"Pixilation is effectively a stop motion technique where live actors become the frame-by-frame subject in an animation, by repeatedly posing while a shot is taken and changing pose slightly before the shot. The actor becomes a kind of live stop motion puppet. It is a technique which produces strange, distorted human movement."
Early examples of this technique are El hotel eléctrico from 1908 and Émile Cohl's 1911 movie Jobard ne peut pas voir les femmes travailler (Jobard cannot see the women working).
The term is widely credited to Grant Munro (although some say it was McLaren) and he made an experimental movie named "Pixillation", available in his DVD collection "Cut Up – The Films of Grant Munro
Music Videos
Many large music videos use this technique in really cool ways. Check some of them out!
"Consolation Prizes" by Phoenix
"Long Gone" by Fat City Reprise
"Heard 'Em Say" by Kanye West
"Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie
"Hello Again" by The Cars
"In your arms" by Kina Grannis
"Paralyzed" by The Used
"Point of No Return" by Nu Shooz
"Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
"Shopping Trolley" by Beth Orton
"The Box" by Orbital
"The End of the World" by The Cure
"The Hardest Button to Button" by The White Stripes
"There There" by Radiohead
"Time Won't Let Me Go" by The Bravery
"Vermilion" by Slipknot
"Sex Machine" by The Fat Boys
"Last Dance" by George Clinton
"Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay
"Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" by Coldplay
"Fix" by Jean-Paul De Roover
"Les tartines" by Sttellla
"Now You See Her" by Crash Test Dummies
"Be Near Me" by ABC
"Ma Che Discorsi" by Daniele Silvestri
"End Love" by OK Go
"Lame Claim to Fame" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"All The Way To Heaven" by Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew
"Is That It" by Katrina & The Waves
